The Catcher in the Rye Essay Topics Unit: The Catcher in the Rye

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The Catcher in the Rye Essay Options Please choose one of the following options for your essay. Your essay should be !" pages in length# and it must be more than fi$e paragraphs. %lso# please re$iew the additional resources on edmodo & they will only help you'' (. The Catcher in the Rye and Ordinary People are both coming!of!age stories. E)plain how both stories fit this genre. You should answer the following *uestions in your essay: a. +ow is the character,s -ourney li.e an /apprenticeship to life01 b. 2hat is the loss or discontent that the character suffers0 c. 2hat are some of the clashes or conflicts between the character,s needs 3 wishes and the $iews 3 -udgments of society0 d. +ow does the character create an identity0 2ho does she4he become0 Does the character find a place in society0 2hy or why not0 5. +olden mentions inferiority comple)es se$eral times throughout the no$el. 2hat does this mean0 Do you thin. +olden has an inferiority comple)0 6egarding what0 Your essay should contain information from both The Catcher and the Rye and the article /7nferiority 8omple)es1 by Timothy 9in. Please ma.e sure you use direct *uotes from both the no$el and the article to support your thesis. :. The +ero,s ;ourney is a pattern of narrati$e identified by the %merican scholar ;oseph 8ampbell that appears in drama# storytelling# myth# religious ritual# and psychological de$elopment. 7t describes the typical ad$enture of the archetype .nown as The +ero# the person who goes out and achie$es great deeds on behalf of the group# tribe# or ci$ili<ation. 6e$iew the information on the hero,s -ourney on edmodo. 7n what ways is +olden a traditional hero0 7n what ways is he an antihero0 =. There are se$eral poems that connect well to The Catcher in the Rye. Please choose one of the poems on edmodo. +ow does this poem connect to 8atcher0 6emember to use TP8%>TT when analy<ing the poem. . 6eading ;.D. >alinger,s /The 8atcher in the 6ye1 was a rite of passage for generations of teenagers who saw in +olden 8aulfield# the high school truant# an enemy of adult phoniness and hypocrisy. The no$el# as 8harles ?c@rath wrote in ?r. >alinger,s obituary# attained cult status in mid!5Ath century %merica for its portrayal of adolescence and /its fierce if alienated sense of morality and distrust of the adult world.1 Does Catcher in the Rye resonate with teenagers today0 Does the +olden 8aulfield $ersion of alienation spea. to a generation connected on Baceboo.0 Please use direct *uotes from the articles on the sub-ect.

". Your assignment is to write a report for +olden,s Cle and for the other doctors in which you share your diagnosis of +olden. 7n your introduction# be sure to share the patient,s bac.ground and state the purpose of your report. 7n the body# identify what you belie$e to be +olden,s two or three most signiCcant problems. De sure to include e$idence from your session Ethe boo.F to support your analysis. 7n your conclusion# write about your recommendations for +olden,s treatment and your predictions for his reco$ery. EThere are additional resources on edmodo'F Reminders: (. 6emember# a thesis is an %N>2E6 to a specific *uestion. % thesis statement ma.es a claim or proposition that reflects a specific PGH. The thesis statement should recogni<e DGT+ sides of a prompt# yet focus on two to three specific points Ediscussion pointsF sometimes called points of analyses. % thesis statement ?U>T be contro$ersial Epro$ocati$eF thoughtful Enot T67TE# banal# or hac.neyedF reasonable Eable to be pro$ed with specific EH7DEN8EF. % thesis statement is the roadmap for an entire essay. The placement of the thesis statement is often the 9%>T sentence in the introductory paragraph. B76>T begin with a hoo.. Then using transition# end with the thesis statement# including the author and title of the wor. if necessary. Do not place e$idence4*uotations in the introductory paragraph. Please# NG beginning rhetorical *uestions# and NEHE6 begin a paragraph with -ust a *uotation. 2. Integrating Quotes See the PPT on edmodo 3. Concluding ith a Thematic O!ser"ation 8on-ecture: 2hen the ending of conclusion suggests that the reader needs to consider beyond what is presented in the story. 8onsidering the total effect of the wor.: comment on the full impact of the wor. as it is disco$ered after we consider all the parts. +ow the part of the wor. considered in the paper relates to the wor. as a whole: add what you ha$e not considered in the principal parts of the paper.

+ow form has contributed to content: often a good close for papers on poetry or a wor. whose shape Echapters# acts# $ersesF help shape the theme of the composition. E$aluation: 2hat a close study of the wor. has done for your understanding of the wor.,s more subtle features.